<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 8-72. - Roominghouses.</div>
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               No person shall occupy a roominghouse, or shall occupy or let to another for occupancy,
               any rooming unit in any roominghouse, except in compliance with the provisions of
               every section of this article, and particularly the provisions of sections<a href="" data-chunk-id="PTIICOOR_CH8BUBURE_ARTIIIMIHOCO_DIV2SEENST_S8-71UNHUHACO" class="section-link" data-product-id="14661"> 8-71</a> and<a href="" data-chunk-id="PTIICOOR_CH8BUBURE_ARTIIIMIHOCO_DIV2SEENST_S8-73APSTUNREBUCO" class="section-link" data-product-id="14661"> 8-73</a>.
               
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                  (1)
                  
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                  <span class="ital">License required.</span> No person shall operate a roominghouse unless he holds a valid roominghouse license.
                  
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                  (2)
                  
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                  <span class="ital">Water closet, lavatory and bath facilities.</span>
                  
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                  a.
                  
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                  At least one flush water closet, lavatory basin, and bathtub or shower properly connected
                  to a water and sewer system and in good working condition shall be supplied for each
                  four rooms within a roominghouse wherever said facilities are to be shared.
                  
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                  b.
                  
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                  All such facilities shall be located on the floor they serve within the dwelling so
                  as to be reasonably accessible from a common hall or passageway to all persons sharing
                  such facilities.
                  
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                  (3)
                  
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                  <span class="ital">Water heater required.</span> Every lavatory basin and bathtub or shower shall be supplied with hot water at all
                  times.
                  
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                  (4)
                  
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                  <span class="ital">Minimum floor area for sleeping purposes.</span> Every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one person shall contain at least 70
                  square feet of floor space, and every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more
                  than one person shall contain at least 50 square feet for each occupant thereof.
                  
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                  (5)
                  
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                  <span class="ital">Exit requirement.</span> Every rooming unit shall have a safe, unobstructed means of egress leading to safe
                  and open space at ground level, as required by all applicable building codes.
                  
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                  (6)
                  
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                  <span class="ital">Sanitary conditions.</span> The operator of every roominghouse shall be responsible for the sanitary maintenance
                  of all walls, floors and ceilings, and for the maintenance of a sanitary condition
                  in every other part of the roominghouse; and he shall be further responsible for the
                  sanitary maintenance of the entire premises where the entire structure or building
                  is leased or occupied by the operator.
                  
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               (Ord. No. 37, Â§ 2-203, 5-16-1994)
               
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